Title :
Buried planar and channel waveguides in sapphire and Ti:sapphire by proton implantation
Author :
Laversenne, L. ; Hoffmann, P. ; Pollnau, M. ; Moretti, P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Biomed. Imaging, Opt. & Eng., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Buried, stacked planar and channel waveguides in sapphire and Ti:sapphire are fabricated by proton implantation. Flexibility of the fabrication technique and good control over the implantation parameters result in variable design and excellent light confinement.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical planar waveguides; sapphire; titanium; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; buried planar waveguides; channel waveguides; proton implantation; sapphire;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
